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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglass compare the way slaves are treated to?
(a) Uneducated people.
(b) Mules.
(c) Children.
(d) Animals.

2. How many farms did Colonel Edward Lloyd own?
(a) More than 10.
(b) More than 30.
(c) More than 20.
(d) 5.

3. According to Douglass, what did the slaves strive for at Lloyd's plantations?
(a) To get an additional blanket.
(b) To work at the main farm.
(c) To get extra food.
(d) To be the head slave.

4. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?
(a) He was a publisher.
(b) He was a writer.
(c) He was a soldier.
(d) He was a lawyer.

5. Near what river was the main farm Douglass grew up on?
(a) Miles River.
(b) Mississippi River.
(c) Maryland River.
(d) Chippewa River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Douglass shocked at seeing the female slave being beaten in Chapter 1?

2. What does Douglass focus on describing in Chapter 3?

3. Approximately how many issues of his newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison publish?

4. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?

5. What weapon does Douglass say Mr. Lanman used to kill one of two slaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the white children know that black slaves do not, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 1?

2. What does Douglass mention in particular about the slaves suffering in Chapter 2?

3. In the Preface, how does Garrison describe Douglass?

4. Give two examples of slaves who were murdered that Douglass mentions in Chapter 4. Who killed them?

5. How does Douglass compare slaves to animals in Chapter 3?

6. What upsets Douglass about his mother's death?

7. Describe the Great House Farm. Who owned it?

8. Why is Douglass so concerned about his age in Chapter 1?

9. What does Phillips compare slaves to in the second Preface?

10. What was Colonel Lloyd's garden like?

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